Ground beef risotto with vegetables is a hearty and flavorful dish. Featuring tender arborio rice, savory ground beef, and a colorful medley of veggies, this one-pan wonder is ready in just an hour! Shall we?
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Ground beef risotto with veggies is not a sophisticated or fancy dish! It's one of those meals you put together with whatever you have in the fridge. (Read "a perfect dinner for the busy week ahead!")
Ground beef effortlessly combines with whatever veggie combination you have in your pantry, fridge, or freezer. (Yes, you can totally use fresh, canned, or frozen veggies!) Just stay away from leafy greens or cruciferous veggies as they tend to get soggy in this type of meal.
What we love about ground beef risotto with vegetables is that it's a great blend of essential nutrients, including lots of protein, carbs, and fats. It's a one-pan energetic bomb that even kids will love!
Ingredients
Ground beef risotto ingredients are as follows:
- Ground Meat: ground beef or a mix of ground beef and ground pork will work great for this risotto. Avoid poultry as it's too dry for this type of meal.
- Veggies: start with onion, carrot, tomato, corn and peas. Add or subtract as you wish (green and yellow beans, peppers, etc.).Fresh is best, but frozen or canned works too! Avoid cruciferous veggies and leafy greens for this dish.
- Rice: look for the round grain arborio rice.
- Herbs and seasonings.
Instructions
Here are easy instructions for our one-pan dish starring ground beef risotto with vegetables.
Step 1. Heat oil and butter. Simmer onion and carrot. Add meat and simmer.
Step 2. Add veggies and simmer.
Step 3. Add rice, herbs, and broth/ liquid. Simmer.
Handling
Best ways to serve and store risotto.
- Serving: serve warm alongside bread or a soup started.
- Storing: store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 24 hours.
- Heating: reheat using your preferred method.
Recipe FAQs
Risotto is versatile, so every type of meat goes well with it! Some great choices include:
- Beef
- Veal
- Lamb
- Pork
- Bacon
- Ham
- Chicken
- Seafood
Absolutely! We have several risotto meal recipes you'll love:
seafood risotto,
leek risotto, and
white wine mushroom risotto .
Our risotto is a standalone dish. However, you can pair it with any of the following for an even more filling meal:
- traditional Balkan bread pogacha, or fried dough breads,
- shopska salad (kind of like Greek salad), or cabbage salad,
- beef noodle soup, or semolina noodle chicken soup.
More Rice Ideas
Explore more sweet and savory rice ideas!
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Ground Beef Risotto with Vegetables
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoons oil vegetable, sunflower, or olive oil
- 1 yellow or white onion medium, diced
- 1-2 carrots medium, diced, or cut into rounds
- 8-10 ounces ground beef or a mix with ground pork
- 1 tomato large, skinned, and diced
- 1 cup corn kernels canned
- 1 cup green peas canned or frozen
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 cup rice round grain Arborio rice
- 3.5 cups water with 1 tablespoon of stock powder or beef broth, or water mixed with 1-2 tablespoons Vegeta
- 2-3 tablespoons parsley
Instructions
- In a large pan, heat oil and butter on medium-high. Add onion and carrots and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Add meat, and break it apart as you simmer it for 3-4 minutes, or until meat is pinkish-brown.
- Add vegetables and seasonings. Mix well, and simmer together on low for 20 minutes.
- Add rice, parsley, and broth to the pan. Simmer for another 20 minutes or until the rice soaks up the moisture.
- Serve warm alongside bread or a soup started. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 24 hours. Reheat using your preferred method.
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Marwah says
Mmmmm...this looks so good, I can't wait to try it this week! What kind of rice did you use for this recipe?
Aida says
Hi Marwah! Just updated the recipe, thanks for the reminder! I use regular white rice, medium to long grain, that's a little bit round for pretty much everything.